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Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText
3.9 out of 5
 

Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] Pros review quotes

it_user200442 - PeerSpot reviewer
Monitoring Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 26, 2015
It has a flexible, enterprise-scale monitoring system.
it_user198693 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Management Consultant at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees
Feb 26, 2015
A single pane of glass (one GUI to monitor health of the entire enterprise) is the holy grail of enterprise monitoring and management and HP Operations excellently provides that for applications, systems and networks.
it_user211740 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 22, 2015
Network Node Manager is good and so is Operations Manager, although they are a bit archaic now.
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WL
Enterprise System Management at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2015
It is proactive in heading off failures that would be catastrophic to the business.
MS
Enterprise Monitoring with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 9, 2015
It just makes it possible for the on-call tech to relax and wait for stuff to notify them of problems instead of having to, over the weekend, constantly sign in.
it_user567774 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT Business Consulting at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 8, 2016
It supports efficiency and a speedy resolution of issues.
it_user567861 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Learning And Development Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Dec 18, 2016
The most valuable feature is that it is easy to use.
Reviewer2892 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of Infrastructure Management at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 16, 2017
It minimizes the duration of outages and gives specific alerts to localize the problem, providing proactivity to prevent mission-critical problems.
 

Micro Focus OpenView [EOL] Cons review quotes

it_user200442 - PeerSpot reviewer
Monitoring Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 26, 2015
Customer Service: Average. I feel that HP don't always look after their clients as well as they could post-sale.
it_user198693 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Management Consultant at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees
Feb 26, 2015
The products are not plug and play even though HP has improved implementation over the years.
it_user211740 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 22, 2015
BSM/OMi is not stable. It takes time for event dashboard to refresh.
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WL
Enterprise System Management at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Mar 31, 2015
The product does take considerable care and feeding especially in the later case.
MS
Enterprise Monitoring with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 9, 2015
With the new Operations Manager, it’s a sexier interface but it doesn’t lend itself as much to being robust.
it_user567774 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT Business Consulting at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 8, 2016
The setup was more complex than it needed to be. It required modifications for our unique circumstances at the time.
it_user567861 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Learning And Development Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Dec 18, 2016
We would like to see support for more interfaces.
Reviewer2892 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of Infrastructure Management at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 16, 2017
It is a bit expensive, but the benefit of this product compensates for its price.

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